health care Meaning of "health care"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) social insurance for the ill and injured
  2. (n) the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession

Usage(s):

  1. Interest groups are unleashing a torrent of modern and old-fashioned lobbying tactics at members of Congress returning for the autumn battle over health care.
  2. The nation's growing wealth has yet to find a panacea for India's overburdened public health care system.
  3. For the past few years, I've been pushing Senator Ron Wyden's Free Choice Act as the best way to reform the health care system.
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